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The declaration of results from the remaining 18 states is scheduled to commence this morning.<br /><br />Ekiti<br /><br />LGAs: 16 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 723,255 ACCR VOTERS: 323,739<br /><br />AA: 94 ACPN: 534 APC: 120,331 CPP: 330 HDP: 94 KOWA: 108 NCP: 377 PDP: 176,466 PPN: 388 UDP:60 UPP: 145<br /><br />Ogun<br /><br />TOTAL REG VOTERS:1,709,409 VALID VOTES: 533,172 VOTES CAST: 559,613 REJECTED VOTES:26,441 AA:584 AD:1,927 ACPN:3072 ADC:1364 APA:1930 APC:308,290 CPP:978 HOPE:332 KOWA:432 NCP:815 PDP:207,950 PPN:4,339 UDP:562 UPP:597<br /><br />Enugu<br /><br />LGAs: 17 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,381,563 ACCR VOTERS: 616,112<br /><br />AA: 433 AD: 269 ACPN:479 ADC: 478 APA: 715 APC: 14,157 CPP: 237 HOPE: 110 KOWA: 203NCP: 761 PDP: 553,003 PPN: 407 UDP: 1,623 UPP: 290<br /><br />Kogi<br /><br />LGAs: 21 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,350,883 ACCR VOTERS: 476,839 AA:700 AD:427 ACPN:1089 ADC:761 APA:1001 APC:264,851 CPP:967 HOPE:144 KOWA:190 NCP:399 PDP:149,987 PPN:476 UDP:180 UPP:156<br /><br />Osun<br /><br />LGAs: 30 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS:1,378,113 ACCR VOTERS:683,169 AA:377AD:1667 ACPN:1731 ADC:937 APA:1306 APC:383,603 CPP:1029 HOPE:132 KOWA:255 NCP:767PDP:249,929 PPN:599 UDP:124 UPP:159<br /><br /><br />Ondo<br /><br />LGAs: 18 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,501,549 ACCR VOTERS: 618,040 AA:386 AD:1237 ACPN:2406 ADC:1227 APA:1139 APC:299,889 CPP:1012 HOPE:184 KOWA:223 NCP:846 PDP:251,368 PPN:734 UDP:184 UPP:221<br /><br />Abuja FCT<br /><br /><br /><br />LGAs: 6 Area Councils NO of POLITICAL PARTIES:14 REG. VOTERS:886,573 ACCR VOTERS:344,056 AA:139 AD:240 ACPN:342 ADC:288 APA:674 APC:146,399 CPP:347 HOPE:83 KOWA:165 NCP:473 PDP:157,195 PPN:269 UDP:95 UPP:96<br /><br />Oyo<br /><br />LGAs:33 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 2,344,448 ACCR VOTERS: 1,073,849 AA:6331 AD:6282 ACPN:8979 ADC:5000 APA:4,468 APC:528,620 CPP:6,674 HOPE:839 KOWA:1,312 NCP:1895 PDP:303,376 PPN:2842 UDP:1069 UPP:3665<br /><br />Nasarawa<br /><br />LGAs: 13 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,222,054 ACCR VOTERS: 562,959 AA:40 AD:74 ACPN:95 ADC:105 APA:310 APC:236,838 CPP:131 HOPE:4 KOWA:48 NCP:222 PDP:273,460 PPN:164 UDP:23 UPP:33<br /><br />Kano<br /><br />LGAs: 44 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 4,943,862 ACCR VOTERS: 2,364,434 AA:426 AD:708 ACPN:778 ADC:657 APA:2770 APC:1,903,999 CPP:1,552 HOPE:292 KOWA:288 NCP:697 PDP:215,779 PPN:485 UDP:234 UPP:156<br /><br />Jigawa<br /><br />LGAs: 37 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,815,839 ACCR VOTERS: 1,153,428 AA:394 AD:587 ACPN:540 ADC:375 APA:2527 APC:885,988 CPP:1,553 HOPE:337 KOWA:423 NCP:548 PDP:142,904 PPN:853 UDP:338 UPP:197<br /><br />Katsina<br /><br />LGAs: 34 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 2,842,741 ACCR VOTERS: 1,578,646 AA:183 AD:283 ACPN:402 ADC:498 APA:1671 APC:1,345,441 CPP:976 HOPE:47 KOWA:215 NCP:330 PDP:98,937 PPN:254 UDP:117 UPP:72<br /><br />Kwara<br /><br />LGAs: 16 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,181,032 ACCR VOTERS: 489,360 AA:248 AD:520 ACPN:817 ADC:438 APA:1165 APC:302,146 CPP:910 HOPE:118 KOWA:214 NCP:394 PDP:132,602 PPN:325 UDP:81 UPP:102<br /><br />Kaduna<br /><br />LGAs: 23 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 3,361,793 ACCR VOTERS: 1,746,031 AA:218 AD:273 ACPN:424 ADC:546 APA:1611 APC:1,127,760 CPP:824 HOPE:105 KOWA:176 NCP:754 PDP:484,085 PPN:549 UDP:79 UPP:78<br /><br />Anambra<br /><br />LGAs: 21 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,963,427 ACCR VOTERS: 774,430 AA:547 AD:475 ACPN:1259 ADC:534 APA:2303 APC:17,926 CPP:1279 HOPE:357 KOWA:311 NCP:887 PDP:660,762 PPN:537 UDP:286 UPP:1121<br /><br />Abia<br /><br />LGAs: 17 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES:14 REG. VOTERS:1,349,134 ACCR VOTERS:442,538 AA:315 AD:448 ACPN:2194 ADC:569 APA:2766 APC:13,394 CPP:1046 HOPE:125 KOWA:173 NCP:745 PDP:368,303 PPN:424 UDP:213 UPP:330<br /><br />Akwa Ibom<br /><br /><br />LGAs: 31 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,644,481 ACCR VOTERS: 1,074,070<br /><br />AA: 1600 AD: 474 ACPN: 443 ADC: 608 APA: 384 APC: 58,411 CPP: 412 HOPE: 192 KOWA: 160NCP: 381 PDP: 953,304 PPN: 324 UDP: 224 UPP: 144<br /><br />Imo<br /><br />LGAs: 27 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,747,681 ACCR VOTERS: 801,712<br /><br />AA: 533 AD: 757 ACPN: 956 ADC: 1617 APA: 2236 APC: 133,253 CPP: 733 HOPE: 157 KOWA: 158 NCP:784 PDP: 559,185 PPN: 414 UDP: 264 UPP: 1917<br /><br />Plateau<br /><br />LGAs: 17 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,977,211 ACCR VOTERS: 1,076,833 AA: 178 AD: 279 ACPN: 391 ADC: 406 APA: 618 APC: 429,140 CPP: 237 HOPE: 56 KOWA: 138 NCP: 693 PDP: 549,615 PPN: 554 UDP: 54 UPP:29</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/nigeria-nigeriadecides-buhari-on-path.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-5098039505069501890Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:21:00 +00002015-03-30T12:21:01.925+01:00South AfricaSouth Africa Facing National Blackout?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="225" src="http://www.energydigital.com/public/uploads/large/large_South_Afica.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Eskom need to take the nation into their confidence and be frank about the possibility of a national blackout.<br /><br />Documents show that Eskom is running simulation exercises in preparation for a <a name='more'></a>national blackout. These simulation exercises are being run under the codename Breaking Dawn, under the command of Ayanda Noah, Eskom's Chairperson of the Emergency Response Command Centre.<br /><br />On 18 March 2015, during an Oral Questions Session with the Deputy President, I asked Deputy President Ramaphosa if he was aware of any drills being run in preparation for a national blackout. The Deputy President replied, stating that:<br /><br />"I am not aware of any provincial war rooms that are conducting drills in case of system failure and I guess that if that was happening I am sure that the national war room would have been aware of such activities."<br /><br /><br />This is in stark contrast to an Eskom briefing document, dated 17 March 2015, on operation Breaking Dawn, which stated that these simulation exercises were being conducted. The briefing document reads:<br /><br />"Eskom annually undertakes a national exercise to prepare the organization for responding to extreme events. In the past these exercises have addressed issues such as emergency demand reduction. This year's exercise will address a national blackout scenario, as confirmed by the Mancom Operations Committee."<br /><br />Given the Deputy President's position in government and the War Room falling within his purview, it seems highly unlikely that he would not be aware of Breaking Dawn. Did Deputy President Ramaphosa intentionally mislead the nation?<br /><br />While business, industry and households are doing what they can to take strain off the grid, if there is a possibility of a national blackout, a report on the true state of Eskom will sensitize South Africans to what power-saving measures are needed.<br /><br />I have therefore written to the Deputy President requesting that he provide Parliament and the nation with the following:<br /><br />An accurate, comprehensive report on the maintenance needs of power stations;<br /><br /><br />The likelihood of a national blackout; and<br /><br />A fortnightly briefing by the Deputy President to the National Assembly on the state of Eskom<br /><br />For the sake of public trust, these measures need to put in place until the crisis at Eskom has been remedied.<br /><br />The crisis at Eskom has a severe impact on the country's already weak economy, and in many instances the livelihood of our people. It is therefore vital that Government and Eskom are transparent and open about the problems facing Eskom.<br /><br />Furthermore, the internal tribulations at Eskom are cause for concern, especially now that the power utility is essentially leaderless.</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/south-africa-facing-national-blackout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-709889752159306376Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:11:00 +00002015-03-30T12:21:28.965+01:00EbolaEbola: Successful Battle Against Deadly Virus (VIDEO)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2014_40/701271/141005-ebola-liberia-msf-2p_d7e0c5ae54b90bc8c96e71c5e7f7cdf9.nbcnews-fp-1040-600.jpg" height="230" width="400" /></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today releases a critical analysis of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa over the past year, revealing the shortcomings of the global response to the crisis and warning that the outbreak, despite an overall decline in cases, is not yet over.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The report, Pushed to the limit and beyond, is based on interviews with dozens of MSF staff involved in the organisation’s Ebola intervention.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It describes MSF’s early warnings one year ago about cases of Ebola spreading in Guinea, the initial denial by governments of the affected countries, and the unprecedented steps that MSF was forced to take in the face of global inaction as the outbreak engulfed neighbouring states.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the past year, more than 1,300 MSF international staff and 4,000 local staff have been deployed in West Africa, where they cared for nearly 5,000 confirmed Ebola patients.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A critical look at the Ebola response</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Today we share our initial reflections and take a critical look at both MSF’s response and the wider global response to the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history,” says Dr Joanne Liu, MSF international president.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The Ebola epidemic proved to be an exceptional event that exposed the reality of how inefficient and slow health and aid systems are to respond to emergencies.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The report details the effects of the several months-long “global coalition of inaction,” during which the virus spread wildly, leading MSF to issue a rare call for the mobilisation of international civilian and military medical assets with biohazard capacity.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the end of August, MSF’s ELWA3 centre in Monrovia was overwhelmed with patients. Staff were forced to turn away visibly ill people from the front gate, in the full knowledge that they would likely return to their communities and infect others.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ebola outbreak is a “tragic failure”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The Ebola outbreak has often been described as a perfect storm: a cross-border epidemic in countries with weak public health systems that had never seen Ebola before,” says Christopher Stokes, MSF general director.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Yet this is too convenient an explanation. For the Ebola outbreak to spiral this far out of control required many institutions to fail. And they did, with tragic and avoidable consequences.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The report also lays out the challenges MSF faced over the past year and the difficult choices made in the absence of available treatment and sufficient resources.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While MSF’s Ebola experience is limited to a relatively small group of experts, it should have mobilised more resources earlier.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facing an exceptionally aggressive epidemic and a weak international response, MSF teams focused on damage control. Unable to do everything, compromises had to be made between the competing priorities of patient care, surveillance, safe burials and outreach activities, amongst others.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Global failures have been brutally exposed in this epidemic and thousands of people have paid for it with their lives"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Significant challenges remain in Ebola fight</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“At the most severe periods of the outbreak, MSF teams were unable to admit more patients or provide the best possible care,” says Dr Liu.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“This was extremely painful for an organisation of volunteer medics, leading to heated exchanges and tensions within MSF.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MSF’s process of reflection is underway, as it seeks to learn lessons that can be applied to future outbreaks, while documenting and analysing its patient data to examine the multiple factors that can contribute to Ebola mortality. Crucially, a global strategy to sustain research and development for Ebola vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tools must be developed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A significant challenge remains ahead. To declare an end to the outbreak, every single person in contact with someone infected with Ebola must be identified.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is no room for mistakes or complacency; the number of cases weekly is still higher than in any previous outbreak, and overall cases have not significantly declined since late January.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rebuilding functional health systems</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Guinea, patient numbers are again rising. In Sierra Leone, many people are presenting with the virus who were not previously on lists of known Ebola contacts.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="160" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/17oJBF3V9_Q" width="285"></iframe>Liberia is currently on the countdown to zero cases, but remains at risk while the virus lives on in neighbouring countries.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The trauma of Ebola has left people distrustful of health facilities, has left health workers demoralised and fearful of resuming services, and has left communities bereaved, impoverished and suspicious,” the report says.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the three worst affected countries, nearly 500 health workers have lost their lives in the past year, a disastrous blow to an already serious shortfall of staff before the Ebola crisis hit.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is urgent that access to health services is restored as a first step towards rebuilding functional health systems in the region.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Global failures have been brutally exposed in this epidemic and thousands of people have paid for it with their lives. It is to everyone’s benefit that lessons be learned from this outbreak, from the weakness of health systems in developing countries, to the paralysis and sluggishness of international aid,” the report concludes.</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/west-africa-ebola-successful-battle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-3250865222177339073Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:41:00 +00002015-03-27T13:41:46.756+01:00LiberiaLIBERIA: Charles Taylor Denied Transfer From UK Prison<div><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/120426113100-taylor-arrest-story-top.jpg" /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /> An RSCSL Trial Chamber has denied in its entirety a motion by convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor requesting that the RSCSL terminate the enforcement of his sentence in the UK and transfer him to Rwanda to serve the remainder of his 50-year prison sentence.<br /><br />Following his unsuccessful appeal in September 2013, Mr. Taylor was incarcerated at Frankland Prison in Durham under an agreement with the UK. Eight Special Court convicts who were tried in Freetown are serving their sentences at Mpanga Prison in Rwanda.<br /><br />The Trial Chamber, consisting of Justice Teresa Doherty (presiding), Justice Richard Lussick and Justice Emmanuel Roberts, was convened by RSCSL President Justice Philip Waki last July to rule on the motion.<br /><br />Mr. Taylor had argued that his imprisonment in the UK denied him his right to a family life as his wife and children had been denied UK visas and so prevented from visiting him. He also argued that because he was at risk from other inmates he was being held "effectively in isolation" as he was "too much of a target and too vulnerable" to be accommodated within Frankland's general prison population.<br /><br />The Trial Chamber arrived at its decision on 30 January 2015, but released it publicly today after a decision on a pending related motion.<br /><br /><br />Mr. Taylor also argued that he is the only prisoner convicted by an international court forced, against his wishes, to serve his sentence on another continent. Africa is his continent of origin, and he maintained that travel costs to Rwanda are lower and Rwandan personnel share a “cultural affinity” with him.<br /><br />RSCSL Prosecutor Brenda J. Hollis opposed the motion on a number of factual and legal grounds. She also argued that if Mr. Taylor were imprisoned in Rwanda that it would "increase the possibilities available to Taylor to undermine peace, security, stability and good order in Liberia and the West African sub-region, and would have implications on the security and sense of security of witnesses, Court personnel and former and current high level State officials."<br /><br /><br /><br />The Court found that the inability of Mr. Taylor's family to obtain UK visas did not constitute interference by the RSCSL or the UK authorities with his right to a family life. Rather, the Judges said, this was due to their failure to provide information showing that they intended to leave the UK at the end of their visit and<br />ruled that "such inability is due purely to his wife's failure to comply with the United Kingdom visa requirements and her ignoring the assistance offered to her (by the Registrar's office) to re-apply."<br /><br />The Trial Chamber found that Mr. Taylor was being held in the prison's Health Care Unit after he was consulted and "with his assent and insistence." This was not intended to infringe upon his rights, the Court said, but to secure them. The Judges found that the conditions of his imprisonment accorded to international standards.<br /><br />The Trial Chamber also noted that prisoners do not have the right to choose their place of detention and that Mr. Taylor had no justification for demanding that he be treated in the same way as other prisoners from Africa given his exceptional circumstances and the gravity of his offences.<br /><br /><br />The Trial Chamber cited UN Security Council 1688 which concluded that his presence in the West African sub-region could pose an impediment to security and a threat to peace. Further, the Trial Chamber held that a prisoner convicted by an international court is subject to the same rights and restrictions as those applicable to convicted persons in national jurisdictions.<br /><br />Charles Ghankay Taylor was found guilty in April 2012 of eleven counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law. The Court found that he had planned, and aided and abetted, crimes committed by RUF and AFRC rebel forces during Sierra Leone's<br />civil war.<br /><br />In May 2012 he was sentenced to 50 years in prison, with credit given for time served in detention since March 2006. His conviction and sentence were upheld by the Appeals Chamber in September 2013, and he was transferred to Frankland Prison the following month.<br /><br />The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone is responsible for the ongoing legal obligations of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which concluded its mandate in December 2013. These include supervision of prison sentences, witness protection and support, maintenance and preservation of the archives, and assistance to national prosecution authorities.</span><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images</i></span></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/liberia-charles-taylor-denied-transfer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-8498945165031280673Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:29:00 +00002015-03-27T13:29:09.406+01:00Current NewsNigeriaNIGERIA ELECTION: What Has Changed for Jonathan and Buhari?<div><img src="https://secure.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/Buhari-vs-Jonathan.jpg?itok=beB3zNaU" /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br />The two major contenders in the Saturday presidential election are no strangers to each other. The two men first encountered themselves on the ballot in 2007 when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was running mate in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP ticket headed by late Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua and General Muhammadu Buhari was at the head of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP ticket.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>The PDP easily won that election that even the victor, Yar'Adua admitted to some extent was tainted and thus pushed forward the momentum for electoral reforms which were consolidated after Dr. Jonathan succeeded him in office.<br /><br />In 2011, the two men again faced off with Jonathan coasting home to victory with 22.19 million votes and Buhari running second with 11.98 million votes. The candidate of the then Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu polled about 2 million votes. Jonathan went home after polling day in 2011 with 23 states and Abuja, while Buhari won 12 states. Ribadu managed to win only in Osun State.<br /><br />The Jonathan victory in 2011 was remarkable as he won all but one state (Osun) in the South; won all but one state in the North-Central (Niger) and pulled off victory in two states in the Northeast -Taraba and Adamawa.<br /><br />The only geopolitical zone he did not win a state was in the Northwest and even then, the president made some remarkable scores polling of 25 per cent in all but Jigawa and Kano in the Northwest base of his major challenger.<br /><br />Remarkably, the president polled more than 20 per cent in all the seven Northwest states.<br /><br /><b><br />WHAT HAS CHANGED FOR JONATHAN</b><br /><br />Two of the seven states in the Northwest, Sokoto and Zamfara where the president had incumbent PDP governors to mobilise for him have changed to the APC. But given that the president did not win the two states even with the support of those governors, it really would not matter much for Team Jonathan. What would bother his capacity to mobilise 25 per cent of the votes could be a threat by the hostility of the Sokoto and Zamfara governors.<br /><br /><b>LOSS OF SIX GOVERNORS</b><br /><br />A major change in the political permutation for Team Jonathan is that six states Jonathan won in 2011 with incumbent PDP governors to mobilise votes for him have changed loyalties to Buhari. The six states are Rivers, Kwara, Nasarawa, Imo, Ogun and Oyo. Jonathan won handsomely in 2011 in the six states but governors in those states are now actively pushing for Buhari.<br /><br />The inclination of some governors such as Ebonyi remain suspicious given their lack of control in the affairs of their state chapters of the PDP.<br /><br />On the brighter side for the president is that his party's chances in the Southwest have between 2011 and now improved with the enthronement of Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ekiti State.</span><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Also, quite unlike before, the president's hands on campaign especially in the Southwest has brought him out as a more personable president.<br /><br />The most remarkable positive change for Jonathan is the fact that in 2011 he contested against three major candidates, Buhari (CPC), Ribadu (ACN) and Shekarau (ANPP).<br /><br />Between 2011 and 2015, two of his major rivals, Ribadu and Shekarau have dramatically altered their political perspectives to shape in with that of Jonathan and the two men are today actively backing him.<br /><br />In 2011, Buhari won in 12 states all of which were in the North. Nine of the states he won were at that time controlled by PDP governors, namely: Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Gombe, Bauchi and Niger.<br /><br />The other three states, Kano which also had a presidential candidate in the person of Ibrahim Shekarau, Yobe and Borno were controlled by the defunct ANPP.<br /><br />Going into the 2015 election, Buhari now has the five governors of Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Yobe and Kano actively pushing for him.<br /><br /><br />What is going good for Team GMB is the fact that without much of an organisation and support from any governor he was able to win 12 states in 2011.<br /><br />He, however, has to contend with the fact that one of the big states he won in 2011, Borno is now politically fractured. Though the governor is actively supporting Buhari, the governor's former main man, Senator Ali Sheriff, SAS is now actively backing Jonathan.<br /><br /><b>What Has Changed For Jonathan And Buhari?</b><br /><br />ONE main thing that has changed for the two main candidates is the introduction of the card reader, a device that practically limits the capacity of parties to manipulate votes in areas where they are strong.<br /><br />In one state in 2011 the difference in votes cast between the hotly contested governorship election and the presidential was more than 500,000.<br /><br />Such incidents would now be limited by the ability of the card reader to ensure that only voter's cards that pass through the card reader are allotted ballot papers.</span></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/nigeria-election-what-has-changed-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-1808053516697785079Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:24:00 +00002015-03-27T13:24:39.763+01:00KenyaUhuru KenyattaKENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta Apologises in State of Union Address<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img src="http://kassfm.co.ke/home/images/Kenyas-President.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">President Uhuru Kenyatta has&nbsp;apologized&nbsp;"for all the past wrongs" that have afflicted&nbsp;Kenyans.</span></span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uhuru said he was seeking forgiveness from all Kenyans, MPs and all compatriots on behalf of his government and all past governments.</span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I seek your forgiveness and may God give us the grace to draw from the lessons of this history, to unite as a people and, together embrace our future as one people and one nation," he said.</span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He made the remarks while giving the State of the Nation address in Parliament on Thursday.</span><br /><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uhuru said that to continue developing Kenya, citizens should reflect on the power of peace stated in the national anthem and shun hatred.</span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Our national anthem calls us to reflect on the power of peace; to recall the supreme value of freedom; to believe, once more, in the beauty of service and brotherhood; to aspire each day to the dignity that results from hard work, and to contend for the hope that justice brings," he said.</span></div><div id="in-article-p-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div id="aans-body-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was after he instructed the Treasury to establish a Sh10 billion fund over the next three years for restorative justice based on the TJRC report.</span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This, he said will provide a measure of relief and underscore his government's goodwill.</span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It is my hope that these measures will go some way to bringing the nation together, as we reach for the prosperity and security that is our common promise," he said.</span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uhuru added that his administration was forged from this reconciliation, and is building on the efforts of the last government to advance the resettlement, reconciliation and relief to internally displaced people.</span></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I am committed to continuing these efforts as necessary," he said.</span></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/kenya-president-uhuru-kenyatta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-6844952281238970417Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:34:00 +00002015-03-26T11:34:18.824+01:00AngolaANGOLA: Angolan Journalist Slapped With 15 New Criminal Defamation Charges<img src="http://allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00290548:da8dc1b796eb63e791ab58d8af67e5cb:arc614x376:w614:us1.jpg" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to drop all charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>Marques de Morais told CPJ today that when he arrived in court on Tuesday for his scheduled hearing on charges of criminal defamation, he was told 15 additional&nbsp;charges of criminal defamation had been filed against him. His trial was postponed until April 23. He said it was unclear if the April 23 proceedings would address only some or all of the 24 charges he now faces.<br /><br />Marques de Morais told CPJ that the initial charges of defamation carry up to nine years in prison and each of the 15 new charges carry up to four months in prison. He faces up to 14 years in prison, if convicted of all the charges.<br /><br />"Rafael Marques de Morais has had to contend with this criminal defamation case for more than two years. The new set of charges added this week underscore that the Angolan authorities want to ensnare the journalist in lengthy legal proceedings, wear down his resistance, and deter others from critical reporting," said CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Sue Valentine. "We urge Angolan authorities to drop the charges and begin a process to reform its outdated criminal defamation laws."<br /><br />Marques de Morais's trial stems from a criminal defamation suit filed against him following the release of his book, Blood Diamonds: Torture and Corruption in Angola. Published in Portugal in 2011, the book documents allegations of murders, torture, forced displacement of civilian settlements, and intimidation of inhabitants of the diamond-mining areas of the Lundas region of Angola, which was a Portuguese colony until 1975. The book also claims that guards from a private security firm and members of the Angolan military are responsible for the torture and killings, according to news reports.<br /><br />After his book was published, seven Angolan generals filed a criminal defamation suit against him in Portugual. In February 2013, the Portuguese Prosecution Service chose not to pursue the case, with the prosecutor stating "the author's intention is clearly not to offend but to inform," according to news reports. According to Marques de Morais, neither he, nor his lawyers were made aware of the additional charges until they appeared in court on Tuesday.<br /><br />Last week, Marques de Morais received a Freedom of Expression award from the London-based group Index on Censorship.</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/angola-angolan-journalist-slapped-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-5891765551464737755Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:25:00 +00002015-03-26T11:25:37.021+01:00Current NewsNigeriaNIGERIA: Nigerian Government Shuts Its Borders Ahead Of Elections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00111251:0a53a6cf284c7dda37fa0fc962c2356d:arc614x376:w285:us1.png" height="245" width="400" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The federal government has directed the closure of all Nigeria's land and sea borders ahead of Saturday's presidential poll.<br /></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The directive said the borders are to remain closed from midnight of Wednesday, March 25 to midnight of Saturday, March 28, 2015.<br /><br />A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Engineer Abubakar Magaji stated that the directive, approved by President Goodluck Jonathan "was to allow for peaceful conduct of the forthcoming national elections."<br /><br />The statement also said the Nigeria Immigration ervice (NIS) has been directed to ensure that non-Nigerians do not participate in any part of the election processes.<br /><br />Besides, the Department of State Services (DSS) has urged voters to be on the look-out for security threats and remain law abiding as they cast their vote on election days.<br /><br />A statement yesterday by the spokesperson of the Service Marilyn Ogar said: "Voters are advised to be weary of persons in loose or bulky midriff clothings, which are inappropriate for the weather, look out for unattended bags, luggage, dustbins, strange containers and other suspicious items."</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/nigeria-nigerian-government-shuts-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-7148010676188389650Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:38:00 +00002015-03-25T11:38:35.181+01:00Current NewsGREENWINGS PLANE CRASH UPDATE: Agencies Commence Search and Rescue Operations<img src="http://static.pulse.ng/img/incoming/crop3599971/8162782121-chorizontal-w644/81875124-81875123.jpg" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Search and Rescue operation for the crashed Germanwings&nbsp;airline has resumed today with a team of police officers spending the night on the mountain, securing the site.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>BBC reports that officials have warned the operation could last for days in a remote mountain ravine between Digne andBarcelonnette.<br /><br />Yesterday, the plane's damaged cockpit voice recorder was recovered by a helicopter team. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said although it was damaged, it could still provide information.<br /><br />A key aim of today's search operation would be finding the second "black box" which is the flight data recorder.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the leaders of Germany, France and Spain are due to visit the crash site while the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has already declared three days of national mourning in Spain.<br /><br />The Germanwings plane had been flying from Barcelona toDusseldorf when it went down Barcelonnette and Digne, in the French Alps after an 8-minute rapid descent.<br /><br />144 passengers were believed to be on board the flight including16 German students returning from a school exchange trip and opera singers, Oleg Bryjak and Maria Radner<br /><br />It is believed no one survived the crash.<br /><br />The flight was also believed to have been carrying citizens ofAustralia, Turkey, Denmark, the Netherlands possibly UK andBelgium.<br /><br />Germanwings, a low-cost airline owned by Germany's main carrier Lufthansa, had an excellent safety record prior to the unfortunate crash.</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/greenwings-plane-crash-update-agencies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-3432540134873362782Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:31:00 +00002015-03-25T11:31:40.124+01:00Africa SummitAFRICA: Addis Ababa Hustle Bustle Precedes Top-Level Confab on Africa's Future<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="245" src="http://allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00291793:8331e57cc6d928d8103a321f673b66f0:arc614x376:w285:us1.png" width="400" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sprawling headquarters for the&nbsp;UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is bustling with activities as participants arrive for week-long discussions of Africa's development priorities.</span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />With delegates and media and NGO representatives thronging the complex in the Ethiopian capital to get registered, warm-hearted Ethiopian hospitality glows amid the hurly-burly. Over 1,000 participants are expected at this year's meetings.<br /><br />Headlining events is the conference of African ministers of finance, planning and economic development, which convenes next Monday (March 30). This week's programme includes meetings of technical experts appointed by the African Union to advise members on finance, monetary affairs, economic planning and integration, plus the launch of ECA's 2015 Economic Report on Africa, entitled "Industrializing through Trade". Also on the calendar is a 'Rebooting Open Data in Africa' workshop convened by the World Wide Web Foundation, and another looking at recovery in Most Ebola-Affected Countries.<br /><br />The theme for the meetings is 'Implementing Agenda 2063 - Planning, Mobilizing and Financing for Development'. The <a href="http://agenda2063.au.int/">Agenda 2063</a> strategy was developed to set goals for African development and was adopted at the 50th anniversary of the African Union last year to "optimize the use of Africa's resources" and to "ensure positive socioeconomic transformation within the next 50 years".<br /><br />A high-level dialogue on Saturday focuses on 'Making Agenda 2063 work for African Women'. Next week's two-day session of the ministers is expected to take the discussions further.<br /><br />The packed programme includes a luncheon inaugurating the annualAdebayo Adedeji Lecture Series, named for a former ECA executive secretary from Nigeria. The first lecture will be delivered by the outgoing president of the African Development Bank, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, a former finance minister from Rwanda who has led Africa's largest financial institution since 2005. AllAfrica co-founder and executive chair, Amadou Mahtar Ba, will moderate. Ba will also preside at a ministerial panel on Sunday examining financing for sustainable development and a plenary during the ministerial on Monday examining implementation strategies for Agenda 2063.<br /><br />At a media briefing on Tuesday, conference organisers said eight resolutions are expected to come out of the experts meeting for consideration by the ministers. Sandra Baffoe-Bonnie, secretary of the commission, said among the nearly two dozen side events which will be taking place at this year's conference will be a meeting of the African Forum, an informal gathering of former African heads of state.<br /><br />Gender issues will play a prominent role in the discussion, the ECA chief for equality and women's development, Ngome Diop, told reporters. "You cannot define your macroeconomic framework without taking into account gender inequality," Diop said.<br /><br />Another side event taking place on Sunday is the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Africa, a group of leading experts from business, academia, government, civil society and international organisations, chaired by the ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes and Barclay Africa CEO Maria Ramos from South Africa.</span></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/africa-addis-ababa-hustle-bustle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-3438249670153996137Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:25:00 +00002015-03-25T11:25:14.857+01:00Current NewsZimbabweZIMBABWE: Mugabe's Wife Goes Abroad For Medical Treatment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00291337:18f0d77fcc32e7f2cee472fd917615a3:arc614x376:w285:us1.png" height="245" width="400" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First Lady Grace Mugabe is reportedly seeking treatment abroad with her failing health said to be increasingly worrying her 91-year-old husband.<br /></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grace, also secretary for the Zanu PF women's league, has not been seen at her husband's side and, unusually, missed his recent foreign jaunts to Namibia and Algeria.<br /><br />She has also not been seen in public lately and missed the weekend centenary celebrations at Kutama College in Zvimba where her husband admitted that he was having sleepless nights.<br /><br />Party officials also said Grace has only visited the Zanu PF headquarters once since returning from Singapore where, according to the husband, she underwent surgery to remove her appendix.<br /><br />President Mugabe recently said his wife was not strong as she was still recovering from the procedure.<br /><br />However, government sources this week said the First Lady was very poorly and had left the country for treatment in Dubai where her elder son Robert Jr is also based.<br /><br />Concern about her health was stoked by images of daughter, Bona, at President Robert Mugabe's side during meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.<br /><br />Mugabe, weakened by age and reported ill-health, constantly needs his wife for support to avoid such mishaps as happened at Harare airport when he lost his footing and tumbled to the ground.<br /><br />Attempts to get a comment from presidential spokesperson, George Charamba failed Tuesday.<br /><br />On Monday he had refused to comment on the matter saying "why are you guys obsessed with such a story".<br /><br />Zanu PF sources say the First Lady's health problems have not been helped by the fact she is superstitious and believes that former vice president Joice Mujuru is bewitching her.<br /><br />President Mugabe also claimed that Mujuru consulted Nigerian occultists in her bid to topple him from power.<br /><br />Grace played a key role in Mujuru's ouster from both the government and the ruling party after staging nationwide rallies where she accused her of corruption, incompetence and plotting a coup against Mugabe.</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/zimbabwe-mugabes-wife-goes-abroad-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-461191354249323749Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:15:00 +00002015-03-25T11:15:49.038+01:00Boko HaramCurrent NewsNIGERIA: Boko Haram Abduct Over 400 Women and Children, Murder 50 In Borno<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00280125:1edad0f2461ea5b2da750b5e2ccfb44b:arc614x376:w285:us1.png" height="244" width="400" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boko Haram militants are believed to have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the Borno town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, residents said on Tuesday.</span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />There was no immediate official confirmation of the figure, but the Islamist group had previously carried out mass kidnappings. Boko Haram's abduction last April of nearly 300 schoolgirls in the region stirred international outrage and drew global attention to the group's six-year insurgency.<br /><br />"They took 506 young women and children (in Damasak). They killed about 50 of them before leaving," a trader called Souleymane Ali told Reuters in the town. "We don't know if they killed others after leaving, but they took the rest with them."<br /><br />Troops from Niger and Chad last week found the bodies of at least 70 people in an apparent execution site under a bridge leading out of Damasak.<br /><br />Lieutenant Colonel Toumba Mohamed, the Nigerien commander of the Niger-Chad forces in Damasak, said residents had reported between 400 and 500 women and children kidnapped.<br /><br />In another incident, Nigerian troops Monday evening took full control of Pulka in Borno after a fierce battle with Boko Haram terrorists who had been operating in the town.<br /><br />Confirming the recapture of the town, Defence Headquarters spokesman, Major-General Chris Olukolade, said in a statement yesterday that Pulka had served as one of their major access routes to the Mandara mountains and supply route out of the country with links towards Cameroun.<br /><br />"Cordon and search has commenced after the air and land operation that overpowered the terrorists," he said.<br /><br />Also in the mission area, a male terrorist suspect who disguised himself as a lady fully dressed in hijab was nabbed by the troops as he made for a mission to kill innocent citizens in Kwaya Kusar market in Borno State on Saturday, Olukolade added.<br /><br />"He is currently in the custody of the army and has already given useful information on the mode of their (Boko Haram) operations," the spokesman said, adding that the mission against the terror group continues.</span></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/nigeria-boko-haram-abduct-over-400.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-5739185042050210191Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:11:00 +00002015-03-25T11:12:04.783+01:00Current NewsKenyaKENYA: Nairobi Government Shut Down Chinese Restaurant Over Racism [VIDEO]<img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JJhXEdU_8FFpdpaBWSE1dg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTM3NztpbD1wbGFuZTtweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz02NzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par8129572-1-1-0.jpg" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />The Nairobi government yesterday closed the Chinese restaurant accused of being racist for not admitting Africans after 5pm.</span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a statement to newsrooms, City Hall said the owners of the restaurant have no Change of User from Residential to Commercial, which is a requirement to operate a business in Nairobi.<br /><br />The statement said the restaurant owners have no valid liquor licence and have not complied with the public health requirements for food handling and testing.<br /><br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="160" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rf1MmQhcp_0" width="285"></iframe>&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"As of now the Nairobi City County has closed down the premise... The county has deployed security officers and the premise will remain closed," said county PR officer Beryl Okundi.<br /><br />She said the Chinese restaurant owners failure to comply has nothing to do with the friendship and diplomatic relationship Kenya enjoys with China.<br /><br />"The county will take action against any of its officers found culpable of allowing businesses to operate illegally in Nairobi City County. All business and service providers must ensure that all customers and clients are treated with respect and dignity irrespective of race, colour, sex, tribe and religion," teh statement says.</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/kenya-nairobi-government-shut-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-4840241939459861351Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:04:00 +00002015-03-25T11:04:08.387+01:00Current NewsNigeriaNIGERIA: Olusegun Obasanjo Warns Against Military Take-Over<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="300" src="http://cdn.dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Obasanjo.jpg?6888b7" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br />Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, raised alarm of a rumour that the Jonathan administration planned to hand over to the military if he loses next Saturday's presidential election, warning that this would undermine the integrity of Nigeria among the comity of nations.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />The former President raised the alarm while hosting the South West women of the All Progressives Congress led by the wife of the party's presidential candidate, Hajia Aisha Buhari.<br /><br />Obasanjo had recently warned against introduction of Interim National Government which he said could plunge the country into chaos in the same manner the former President of Cote d'l voire , Laurent Gbagbo did when he refused to hand over after he lost the election.<br /><br />The former President said, he was happy that Nigeria has gone beyond the rumour of Interim National Government, and expressed hope that the country will also survive the rumour of handing over to the military.<br /><br />He explained that the intentional community especially the African Union will neither accommodate nor recognise any government that emerges without the constitution of the country.<br /><br />According to him, Nigeria has all it takes to dictate pace for other countries in Africa adding that Nigerians should blame themselves for where it is today.<br /><br />His words: "I do hope we will get things more right. A lot of rumours are flying around, I think we have done away from the rumour of Interim Government because that is not in our constitution. I hope we will soon go away from the rumour of handing over to the military because the military is not meant to run affairs of a nation in terms of running government.<br /><br />"And the intentional community will not condone it, particularly African Union where it is part and parcel of the constituting act of the African Union, that any government that is brought about, not on the basis of the constitution will not be accepted, will not be tolerated and will not be a member of the AU until that government is dismantled.<br /><br />"It shouldn't be Nigeria, we are the largest country in Africa, we should be a model, setting examples, we shouldn't be drawing Africa backward, I hope we will not. I hope at the end of this exercise, we would be where we should be, leading Africa and showing examples for the rest of Africa and indeed the rest of the world.<br /><br />"We have the goodwill of many people, I watched, last night, President Obama talking about our constitution, I watched our brother from Ghana, the current Chairman of ECOWAS talked about our constitution, they are all interested, they all wish us well, should we wish ourselves anything less?,"he said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Obasanjo who also bemoaned hate campaigns among the political parties said political parties should focus more on what unite the country against what divide the country.<br /><br />He said that, issues of insecurity, economy, employment, amongst others should form the focus of the campaigns of political parties.<br /><br />He however, called on women to take active role to make the country a better Nigeria adding that they would be the greatest victims should anything go wrong in Nigeria.<br /><br />Obasanjo said, "I am happy to hear directly from you, Mrs Buhari that the campaign so far, from the assessment has gone very well. May be I should say one or two things about campaign, I do hope that whatever happens at the elections, the one coming this week and the one coming a couple of weeks after that, that we would have learnt the right lessons from what has taken place this time around.<br /><br />"Unfortunately, issues that should have been the main item of our campaign, are not being addressed. We have serious issues of security, we have serious issue of our economy, we have issue of unemployment particularly youth unemployment, we have serious issues of infrastructure, these are issues amongst others that I believe campaign of those who are interested in the present and the future of this country should be directed at.<br /><br /><br />"How are we going to get them, what are we going to do, not trivial issues of certificate, no certificate, not trivial issue about someone being a Nigerian or not.<br /><br /><br /><br />"I said it, this is what they had in Cote d'Ivore that led them into almost a very serious problem, not issue of religion, not issue of tribe, not issue of section but issues of unity of this country I hope this will be the last time in the history of this country that we will have this type of campaign of hatred or division.<br /><br />In her earlier remarks, Mrs Buhari described Obasanjo as a true nationalist, adding that Obasanjo acted beyond party level while solving issues affecting the country.<br /><br />She said, "Baba exercises his prowess as a father, as a former head of state of Nigeria twice, very few Nigerians have the opportunity to rule the country twice, we are here today to show our appreciation the way you handle things as a statesman and also a nationalist.<br /><br />"We thank you so much for acting beyond party in getting things right, thank you for that, may you live long to continue solving out problems."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mrs Buhari, while addressing the people at the APC South-West zone Women's Presidential rally held at MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, lamented that her heart bleeds for the women in the North-East states of Yobe, Adamawa and Borno, who have had their husbands slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents.<br /><br />She said "My heart goes to our sisters, daughters, grandmothers, and women in the North-East -Yobe, Adamawa and Borno. They do not have the opportunity of doing the kind of rally and enlightenment that we are doing today toward the elections.<br /><br />"I am from the North-East, it is terrible for women to watch their husbands being slaughtered."<br /><br />Aisha said if her husband is elected President, he would have zero tolerance for violence, most especially domestic violence against women and children.<br /><br />She noted that her husband might not be rich but he had honesty and integrity.<br /><br /><br />She said her husband would establish a ministry for women and children if elected.<br /><br />The wife of APC's presidential running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo said a vote for Buhari and her husband "is a vote for a change for better things in the country."<br /><br />She later told the women who had gathered at the event to pray for the nation to witness the kind of change they expected on March 28.<br /><br />Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, commended the women for their participation in politics, and urged those who were yet to collect their Permanent Voter cards to go and get them, and never to sell them.<br /><br />He noted that the nation was at a critical stage, which required men like Buhari and Osinbajo, with necessary prerequisites for a period like this.<br /><br />He said, "Where we find our nation at present, the best persons that can fix Nigeria is Gen. Buhari and Prof. Osinbajo."</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/nigeria-olusegun-obasanjo-warns-against.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-1832468259358437455Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:42:00 +00002015-03-24T13:42:26.491+01:00Current News36 Killed, 84 Injured In Multiple Collusion In Peru<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><img height="224" src="http://static.pulse.ng/img/incoming/crop3596930/2272785402-chorizontal-w644/517de6e7bac141dc9a3a1f354e83c160-18.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No fewer than 36 people have been killed and 84 people injured following a multiple collusion in&nbsp;<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peru</span>.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to&nbsp;<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Al Jazeera</span>, 3 buses and a truck collided on Peru's main coastal highway in the country's southwest,&nbsp;<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Huarmey.</span></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reports say the bus owned by the company&nbsp;<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Murga Serrano</span><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;</strong>strayed into the oncoming lane and slammed head-on into the first of the other two buses. The truck then plowed into the wreckage.</span><br /><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Police Chief,&nbsp;<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">General Jorge Flores<b>&nbsp;</b></span>said<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;</strong>the most seriously injured were transported on helicopter to&nbsp;<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lima</span>&nbsp;from the scene in Huarmey.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to the survivors, it took about 3 hours for emergency workers to reach the scene, while the government sent five medical specialists to Huarmey to help the small clinic there care for the injured.</span></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/36-killed-84-injured-in-multiple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-671846162868368309Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:44:00 +00002015-03-24T12:48:14.933+01:00BREAKING NEWSCurrent NewsBREAKING NEWS: German Airplane Crashes In French Alps, 148 On Board<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/858234-greenwings-1427196933-110-640x480.jpg" height="240" width="320" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Germanwings Airbus A320 passenger plane carrying 148 people crashed Tuesday in France, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told reporters.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Valls said he fears those aboard the flight from Barcelona, Spain, to&nbsp;Dusseldorf, Germany -- 142 passengers and six crew members -- may be dead.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The plane is reported to have crashed near Digne les Bains, in the Alpes de Haute Provence region, and French President Francois Hollande has said survivors were not expected.<br /><br /><i>"The conditions of the accident are not yet clear but lead us to believe there will be no survivors,"</i>&nbsp;Hollande said.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More news to follow</span></div></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/breaking-news-german-airplane-crashes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-6080232431722069390Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:37:00 +00002015-03-23T15:37:47.308+01:00Son of Former Senegalese President Sentenced To 6years in Prison. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="225" src="http://www.tvcnews.tv/sites/default/files/styles/node-detail/public/field/image/Karim-Wade.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Karim Wade, the flamboyant son of former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, has been sentenced to six years in prison for financial impropriety and corruption. 46 year old Karim who was nicknamed "Minister of Heaven and Earth" during his tenure as Minister was found guilty of "illicit enrichment".</span></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">He had gone on trial in June 2014 with charges including illegal acquisition of companies and a large amount of real estate while serving in various govt posts during his father's 2000-2012 presidency.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /></span><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"></a><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qE1vQycFkhw/VRAfIW2OzNI/AAAAAAAEzhs/Wg_fNxERBXQ/s1600/6.jpg" />http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/son-of-former-senegalese-president.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-7525572886394787458Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:23:00 +00002015-03-23T13:28:08.288+01:00Current NewsTurkeyTurkish Football Fan Racially Abuse Nigerian Striker On Instagram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J3vWaXbuivI/VQ_wyrfislI/AAAAAAAEzdQ/zc3vrXN8gJw/s1600/1.png" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">A turkish fan took to instagram to racially abuse Nigerian forward Emmanuel Emenike. The&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16.1200008392334px;">Fenerbahçe S.K fan who seemed to have been upset with Emenike's performance over the weekend, posted a picture of monkeys and </span></span><br /><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tagged Emenike's handle to it saying:&nbsp;<i style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">"This is your family"</i></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nigerians, ofcourse, have reacted to the post.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See instagram extracts after the cut...</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-26RCsZKwGiQ/VQ_wzMQylxI/AAAAAAAEzdU/aDYKphXBsSg/s1600/2.png" /><br /><br /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HkXKSjsz5Uc/VQ_x0CBuIzI/AAAAAAAEzdo/9jhOVTF001M/s1600/2.png" />http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/turkish-football-fan-racially-abuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-6485075378819522293Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:01:00 +00002015-03-23T11:01:51.616+01:00Current NewsTunisiaTUNISIA MUSEUM ATTACK UPDATE: One Suspect On The Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="268" src="https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/tunisia-attack-4.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=color&amp;w=832" width="400" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi confirmed that a third person took part in last week's Bardo museum terror attack in an interview Sunday with French TV Station iTele.</span></div><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />"There were for certain three terrorists," Essebsi said. "There is one on the run. He will not get far."<br /><br />Previously two suspects had been identified -- Yassine Labidi and Saber Khachnaou -- though it wasn't immediately clear if they were the pair killed at the museum by Tunisian security forces.<br /><br />He said Yassine was "known to the security services, he was flagged and monitored," but not known or being followed for anything special.<br /><br />Authorities have arrested nine people in connection with the attack, including four directly linked to it, according to Essebsi.<br /><br />The development came a day after the bodies of four Italian tourists slain in the attack arrived back in Italy, an official with the Tunis Crisis Center told CNN, but 14 victims' remains still lie in the morgue.<br /><br />Most of the 23 victims were foreigners, making the process of identification more complicated. Nineteen of them were tourists who'd been on two cruise ships that docked in Tunis.<br /><br />French, Spanish, Italian, British, Japanese, Russian and Colombian citizens are among those to have been formally identified so far.<br /><br />The bodies of the Italians were met in Rome by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who paid his respects to the victims and their families in a brief ceremony.<br /><br />Eleven people who were injured in the attack remained in the hospital in Tunisia on Saturday, the official at the Tunis Crisis Center said.</span><br />http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/tunisia-museum-attack-update-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (OneWorld)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-702024069325132656Sat, 21 Mar 2015 05:41:00 +00002015-03-21T06:41:03.820+01:00BREAKING NEWSFeaturedLiberia records new case of Ebola<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i9_ykvspDrY/VQ0ENTVtyKI/AAAAAAABoDk/d2AIPPmeRxc/s1600/ebola-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i9_ykvspDrY/VQ0ENTVtyKI/AAAAAAABoDk/d2AIPPmeRxc/s1600/ebola-.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />A patient has tested positive for Ebola in Liberia’s capital, officials said Friday, deflating hopes that the country had beaten the disease after weeks with no new cases.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Liberia has seen the most deaths in the West African Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than 10,000 people. But since it discharged its last case on March 5, it was counting down to being declared Ebola-free. Countries must wait 42 days from when the last patient tests negative to be declared free of the virus.<br /><br />But a new patient has now tested positive, Dr. Francis Kateh, the acting head of the country’s Ebola Incident Management Team, said Friday. A second test is generally done to confirm the diagnosis.<br /><br /><br />http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/liberia-records-new-case-of-ebola.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-7468854915220232553Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:44:00 +00002015-03-20T16:44:03.774+01:00Current NewsLibyan peace dialogue restarts amid deadly clashes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xfZ3YmxR-6U/VQxALd2cxOI/AAAAAAABn_w/MCVWgpa8qbA/s1600/libya%2Bmap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xfZ3YmxR-6U/VQxALd2cxOI/AAAAAAABn_w/MCVWgpa8qbA/s1600/libya%2Bmap.jpg" height="265" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">Representatives from Libya’s warring factions restarted the peace dialogue on Friday in the Moroccan city of Skhirat, in an attempt to form a unity government to solve the ongoing political crisis.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">According to a press handout from the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the participants will follow up on discussions made in the earlier round of talks on March 13.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">The two rival governments will focus on the formation of “a consensual national unity government” to end the institutional divisions, and security arrangements to end the fighting.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">However, the atmosphere back in Libya was somehow tense between the parties.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">On Thursday, warplanes from the Islamist-backed government, who occupied capital Tripoli, bombed the southern town of Zintan, a stronghold for the secular internationally-recognized government now exiled in Tobruk.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">In retaliation, Tobruk government dispatched jets bombing Tripoli’s Mitiga airport, delaying the delegates from Tripoli authorities from going to the dialogue.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">The UNSMIL has issued two statements in a row, pronouncing the warring factions’ recent air strikes to be “reckless” acts.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">Deadly clashes between the two factions also erupted since Wednesday in Bir al-Ghanam, a town some 90 kilometers southwest of Tripoli. By Thursday evening, 26 people have died in combat.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">Libya, a major oil producer in North Africa, has been witnessing a frayed political process after its former leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled during the 2011 political turmoil. The country is now deadlocked in a dogfight between the pro-secular army and Islamist militants.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">The protracted conflict in Libya has caused a humanitarian crisis with at least 120,000 people forced to flee their homes, resulting in shortages in both food and medical supplies along with mounting casualties.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">The UN has brokered several rounds of dialogues between the opposing parties since September, but clashes remained despite a truce agreed on by factions.</div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/libyan-peace-dialogue-restarts-amid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-8110222908688197206Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:37:00 +00002015-03-20T10:37:09.144+01:00BREAKING NEWSCurrent NewsKenyan Literary Giant Grace Ogot Dies<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SNmnvYaF4k4/VQvqIPjvJVI/AAAAAAABn9U/s-0z5688y6w/s1600/grace.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SNmnvYaF4k4/VQvqIPjvJVI/AAAAAAABn9U/s-0z5688y6w/s1600/grace.png" height="243" width="400" /></a></div><b><br /></b><b>Renowned educator, politician and writer Grace Ogot is dead. She died yesterday at the Nairobi Hospital after a long illness. Ogot, 85, was the wife of former Moi University chancellor Prof Bethuel Ogot.</b><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />She was one of Kenya's best-known female authors. Ogot was a teacher, Cabinet minister, nurse, politician, broadcaster and writer.<br /><br />She was the first Kenyan woman writer to publish short stories in English. Ogot married Bethuel in 1959 and the couple was blessed with four children.<br /><br />She began to publish short stories both in English and Luo in the early 1960s. Her first novel, The Promised Land, was published in 1966. Land Without Thunder, a collection of short stories about traditional life in rural Western Kenya, was published in 1968.<br /><br />Ogot wrote two other short story collections, The Other Woman and Other Stories (1976) and The Island of Tears (1980), and a second novel, The Graduate (1980). In 1983, Ogot was elected as the Gem MP and then President Daniel Moi appointed her to the cabinet as Culture and Social Services assistant minister. Opposition leader Raila Odinga yesterday sent condolences to the family.<br /><br />"She was a leader of remarkable quality who ably combined politics with academic work as a writer," Raila said. Deputy President William Ruto said she was an outstanding politician, a prolific author, journalist and nurse.http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/kenyan-literary-giant-grace-ogot-dies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-942064219989234743Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:32:00 +00002015-03-20T10:32:18.543+01:00Current NewsSouth Africa: Students Want Rhodes Statue Removed<img src="http://allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00291672:7f52dc1003b06fc683513649905eca38:arc614x376:w614:us1.jpg" /><br /><br /><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About 500 staff and students from the University of Cape Town gathered on Thursday for an open-air dialogue to discuss the fate of the statue of colonialist Cecil John Rhodes, which sits on upper campus overlooking the Cape Flats.<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">RA'EESA PATHER</strong>&nbsp;reports.</em></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Thursdays, the steps before Jameson Hall usually play host to students seeking out entertainment in the form of bands, marketing events and competitions. But this week UCT students gathered for a different reason altogether - to discuss the legacy of colonialism and the lack of transformation on campus.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"This is an issue of having an item on campus that makes students feel uncomfortable," said organisor Kgotsi Chikane, who sported a T-shirt bearing the words "rise up".</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Today is a day for us to all feel uncomfortable."</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The item Chikane spoke of is the statue of Cecil John Rhodes.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The steps were packed, and more people spilled onto the plaza to form a circle around the speakers. A system was quickly established to allow for informal dialogue - anyone who wanted to talk should raise their hand and would then be given one minute to air their views on the issue.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I've been here a few weeks, and I already see institutional racism. There is no statue honouring black academics," said Bevan Willoughby, a first-year arts student. "I say we move the statue, and build something together."</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We are here to fight a system which was to divide us as a people," added Kukhoenyce Magobane, an undergrad student. "We are not black people fighting white people. We are fighting the system as a youth."</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The crowd cheered, and in the breaks between speakers shouts of "Amandla! Awethu!" reverberated across campus.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Students argued that the university's lack of transformation is evident in the naming of structures around the campus. Jameson Hall, they noted, is named after Leander Starr Jameson who was prime minister of the Cape Colony from 1904 to 1908. There are no black female professors employed by the university and the history of black academics such as AC Jordan, UCT's first black professor, and Archie Mafeje, a senior lecturer at UCT whose removal from the campus under apartheid law sparked outrage and protest from staff and students, has been largely ignored.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The statue of Rhodes, they said, had become symbolic of this lack of transformation and of institutional racism at the university.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As speaker after speaker took the mic, students gathered at the plaza demanded a date when UCT would remove the statue, chanting "Down with Rhodes, down!" and "We want a date!"</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some students said they felt that they were being unfairly victimised by protests over the statue. During a protest on Monday, UCT student Chumani Maxwele threw human excrement at the statue of Rhodes, provoking support from some and anger from others.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After the incident, Maxwele was photographed holding a placard that said "Exhibit white arrogance at UCT".</div><div id="in-article-p-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div id="aans-body-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I am not racist, nor am I a white arrogant person," said Matthew Holding, an undergraduate student. "I believe that we as white people are being victimised."</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Boos and jeers erupted at this.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While Holding took issue with the placard, Tom Westermann, a business-science undergraduate, faulted how Maxwele had protested, saying that throwing faeces is "violating public laws" and "violating health laws". Westermann said that a petition would be a greater way forward for change.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"White people are surprised by the poo, but we live with the poo," said Athabele Nonxube. "The reason you are rich is because we are poor."</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"If the institution listened to concerns, people wouldn't feel the need to throw faeces," added Roscoe Jacobs, a student on the campus.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Students cheered as sociology professor Xolela Mangcu, who has written extensively on the issue of staff transformation on the campus, joined them in solidarity and said that the removal of the statue must be a symbolic move towards removing institutional racism.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alongside the student body Khaled Sayed, the chairperson of the provincial ANC Youth League, took the mic to give students a nod for their actions.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Make the removal of the statue the removal of liberals at UCT," Sayed said. "It cannot be that only liberal voices are heard."</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The meeting was divisive and hotly contested, but a consensus began to emerge: the statue, and the institutional racism it symbolises, must go.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Although many students rallied for the destruction of the statue, the majority of those present suggested that the statue be removed from its central perch overlooking Cape Town's horizon, and be stowed in a separate space where colonial artefacts could be visited and critically engaged with as a reminder of South Africa's oppression under colonial rule, and its legacy.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Cecil John Rhodes donated land to UCT," said Thandani Mluado. "But there were ways of acquiring land that indigenous people had, that he did not respect. His contract was blood."</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Later that day, UCT's Student Representative Council covered the statue in a sheet to demonstrate its endorsement of the call for its removal.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But will this be enough for the university management to take action and let Rhodes go?</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/south-africa-students-want-rhodes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-7835789477811275338Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:29:00 +00002015-03-20T10:29:25.457+01:00FeaturedAfrican Union Determined to Win Mali Peace Deal<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vym-O-PqeUg/VQvoPZEzL5I/AAAAAAABn9I/5VfnWLk_K04/s1600/tank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vym-O-PqeUg/VQvoPZEzL5I/AAAAAAABn9I/5VfnWLk_K04/s1600/tank.jpg" height="390" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hopes were raised this week for an inclusive agreement to bring peace to northern Mali, following a high-level visit by international representatives to armed groups in the town of Kidal. Mediators are trying to convince all the groups to sign the agreement drawn up after lengthy negotiations in Algiers.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The African Union's High Representative for Mali and the Sahel, and former president of Burundi, Pierre Buyoya, told the Institute for Security Studies' PSC Report in&nbsp;<a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201503191309.html" style="background: transparent; color: #10579f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">an exclusive interview</a>&nbsp;that the AU will do 'everything possible' to make sure all the groups sign the agreement that was initialled on 1 March 2015.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Buyoya said the Algiers agreement is a compromise and will therefore not entirely satisfy any single party.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">'We believe that, taken in its entirety, [the agreement] provides a good attempt to deal with political concerns, including a model for the sharing of responsibilities between the central government and regional authorities, as well as local communities.'</div><div id="in-article-p-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div id="aans-body-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">'It also addresses security, development, justice and humanitarian concerns. In that regard, it is a positive step forward in the resolution of the recurrent crises in the north of Mali,' said Buyoya.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Various peace agreements have been signed between the Malian state and armed movements in the north of the country since the 1990's. However, this agreement is different because of the strong involvement of the international community in negotiation and monitoring mechanisms.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">'I therefore hope that all the parties concerned will honour their responsibilities in ensuring the effective and faithful implementation of this agreement. And if this is the case and there are no other factors behind the recurrence of rebellions, then one would assume that the implementation of the agreement would lead to lasting peace in northern Mali,' said Buyoya.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The ISS'&nbsp;<a href="http://www.issafrica.org/pscreport/" style="background: transparent; color: #10579f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">PSC Report&nbsp;</a>provides the latest insights and independent analysis on the AU Peace and Security Council, direct from Addis Ababa.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.issafrica.org/subscribe/" style="background: transparent; color: #10579f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Subscribe here</a>&nbsp;for regular online updates.</em></div>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/african-union-determined-to-win-mali.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624311091224591824.post-3009968946559608254Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:26:00 +00002015-03-20T10:26:50.532+01:00EntertainmentSouth Africa Readies For Big Brother Mzansi Season 2<div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" src="http://allafrica.com/download/pic/main/main/csiid/00291734:2b6c57682a2c71db96fcbf328b82d14c:arc614x376:w614:us1.jpg" /></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This Sunday, Big Brother Mzansi 2 is launching! Mzansi Magic and Endemol SA have revealed the name for the new season: DOUBLE TROUBLE. And in keeping with the name, the channel has now confirmed that there will be a double launch for the series this year!</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, that's right - you read it correctly. There will be two launch nights this time around, and unknown to them, Housemates will enter the House on both nights.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This means that there are two launch shows, each running one hour.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first kicks off at 8pm March 22 and the second at 7.30pm on Monday, March 23.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Both launch shows will be screened live on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161).</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What will happen on both nights is anyone's guess!</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This year Biggie asked wannabe Housemates to enter either as pairs or individuals so he's definitely cooking up something and knowing the man of mystery, it's definitely going to be something completely unexpected.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One thing that is expected however is that Big Brother Mzansi: Double Trouble will have a state of the art house, as with previous seasons, where Housemates will spend the 56 day duration of the series.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The show's producers are giving the public a sneak peek of the house in the run-up to the all-important launch nights.</div><div id="in-article-p-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div id="aans-body-mid" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The newly revamped Big Brother house will be screened live 24 /7 on DStv channels 197/ 198 and is covered by no less than 44 cameras.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spacious, airy and very accommodating, the house features a large garden, bathroom, diary room, store room, indoor arena, three bedrooms, lounge area and a fully functional kitchen.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The look of the house is a fusion of clean contemporary lines in the furniture with modern bright wallpapers, showcasing a bold, retro, playful and youthful interior in keeping with the open plan, flowing architecture of the space.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sponsors for the house this year include Black Fabrics (fabrics and wall paper), Versus Paint (wall treatments and paint supply) and The Friendly Plant (landscaping and garden services).</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With Big Brother Mzansi: Double Trouble now on track to launch, fans can join the conversation online.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow @BBMzansi and #BBMzansi on Twitter; visit www.facebook.com/Big Brother Mzansi or check out @BigBroMzansi on Instagram. To get more information on the show, log on to the official websitewww.mzansimagic.tv/bigbrother for updates. In addition, to cater for its growing mobile audience, Big Brother Mzansi is also launching a ground-breaking mobile site which offers three unique layouts for touch, smart and feature phones, making this a truly mobile first experience.</div><div style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Don't forget the whopping R2 million prize money on the show is still a secret and the only clue is that it won't be less than R1 million.</div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Liberation Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Wonder what that means? Stay tuned, Big Brother Mzansi: Double Trouble is about to begin! -</span>http://www.africaeagle.com/2015/03/south-africa-readies-for-big-brother.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (CuteNaija)0